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Read More »What Apple Babies Reveal About Our Tech Routines
What does an infant's affinity to Apple say about how technology affects us and our daily lives? As part of an experiment for my forthcoming book Brandwashed, I lined up 20 babies between the ages of 14 and 20 months. I then handed each one a BlackBerry
Read More »Deselection of the Bottom 8%: Lessons from Eugenics for Modern School Reform
We have seen more than once that the public welfare may call upon the best citizens for their lives. It would be strange if it could not call upon those who already sap the strength of the State for these lesser sacrifices, often not felt to be such by those concerned, to prevent our being swamped with incompetence.
Read More »Video: Welcome to "Carson Nation"
Carson Kressley, of "Queer Eye" fame, discusses his new "make-better" show featured on the Oprah Winfrey Network, "Carson Nation," which aims at to improve the lives of those living in small communities across America.
Read More »Avastin fans, foes square off over controversial cancer drug
Breast cancer patients tell the FDA their lives depend on Avastin, but some scientists point to research that suggests otherwise
Read More »Discover Your Marketing Mindset
Do you believe that there exists a right way and a wrong way to market your business?
Read More »Hold Your Horses with Electricity
Since its discovery, electricity has helped humans make labor and tools more efficient. From lighting to toothbrushes, electricity has aided us in making our lives simpler and more convenient.
Read More »This Week In Bots: Juggling, Pool-playing, Tiny, Spying Flying Drones, And Extreme Cuteness
It has been written that: "At bottom, robotics is about us. It is the discipline of emulating our lives, of wondering how we work." So what can this week's crop of mechanistic marvels tell us about ourselves? Juggling robots Juggling is surely a human-only art
Read More »Video: Woulda, coulda, shoulda: What Americans regret
Chris Wragge talks to "Early Show" contributor and psychologist Dr. Jennifer Hartstein about the things that American men and women regret in their lives and how best to move on
Read More »Smartphones Are Not a Threat to Old Media–Unless They Are
We've seen conflicting data concerning the role of mobile media in our lives.
Read More »Video: Babies put "on ice" for life-saving treatments
Critically-ill babies are being put "on ice" to save their lives in an advanced new treatment.
Read More »Video: Bionic eye gives partial sight to blind
John Blackstone reports on an artificial retina that could restore partial vision to the blind may soon be approved by the FDA. Then, Erica Hill talks to Dr. Jennifer Ashton about how the device works and how it could change the lives for people with certain types of blindness
Read More »Video: Battle of the sexes: Coping with breakups
Andrea Miller, CEO and founder of YourTango.com, and Maxim magazine’s editor-in-chief, Joe Levy, discuss the different ways males and females get on with their lives after ending a bad relationship. (TODAY show)
Read More »Bariatric surgery cuts pounds, adds years
Obese individuals may add years to their lives by drastically cutting pounds with bariatric surgery, according to a new review of clinical trials of popular gastric bypass and banding procedures.
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